Bioremediation Of Bacteria Essay

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Battling Pollution with the help of Microbes:

Bioremediation is “the process of using living organisms (e.g., bacteria) to clean up oil spills or remove other pollutants from soil, water, and waste water.” This process largely rely upon the enzymatic activities of the living organisms, usually the microbes to catalyze the destruction of pollutants or their transformation to less harmful forms. Microbes are extraordinary diverse in their properties. Their environment restoration activity is highly based upon factors like ambient environmental conditions, composition of the microbial community, nature and amount of the pollutant present in that particular area. Other factors include pH., temperature, lack of nutrients and molecular oxygen. (2)
There are three categories of pollutants;

• Organic pollutants: these are naturally occurring in the environment and are catabolized by the micro flora of the region naturally.
• Xenobiotics: these are substances which are entirely foreign to an entire biological system i.e. artificial substances, which did not exist in nature before their synthesis by humans.
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They are continuously exposed to more and more obstinate xenobiotic (strange, foreign agent/chemical) compounds into the environment. The index of xenobiotic compounds released in the environment are increasing as the industrialization is gaining strength exponentially. It is very essential to combat this pollution for the substance of better future. Like other living organisms, microbes have a high quality of adaptability. Naturally living in such highly polluted environment these microbes are getting used to these compounds and adapting certain changes within their structure that renders them not only survival in harsh conditions but also they are found to be helpful in bio remediation of certain chemicals. The catalytic prospective of microbes is colossal. This has proved to be advantageous for humans to restore back the

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